# Vasyl (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vasyl/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Vasyl

- Vasyl Stankovych, fencer
- Vasyl Semeniuk, eparch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- Vasyl Kuk, Commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (1913-2007)
- Vasil Bykaŭ, Belarusian writer (1924–2003)
- Vasili Eroshenko, anarchist writer, Esperantist, linguist and teacher (1890–1952)
- Sofron Mudry, Catholic bishop (1923-2014)
- Vasilko Rostislavich, (1067-1124)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.